单词 | codding |
释义 | coddingn.1 Fishing for cod. ΚΠ 1714 in Amer. Speech (1940) 15 227/1 I Lent Ensign Harris my Pockitt Compass to go a Codding. 1856 C. Lanman Adventures Wilds U.S. II. 304 Cod fishing (for we were on a codding cruize,) is rather dull sport. 1891 A. Chase & E. Clow Stories of Industry II. 122 The grandest codding station in the world is Newfoundland. 2004 J. S. Gordon Empire of Wealth (2005) ii. 29 Cod..had been a staple of the European diet for centuries... The traditional European codding grounds had been in the North Sea and westward toward Iceland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). coddingn.2 colloquial and regional. The action of cod v.2; joking, kidding, fooling. no codding: = no kidding at kid v.4 Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > silly imitation apishness1533 mockerya1616 apery1616 aping1687 monkeyism1823 monkeyishness1824 apism1843 codding1892 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] legerdemain1532 hocus-pocus1647 sham1683 funning1728 humbugging1752 humming1807 hoaxing1808 larking1813 cutting-up1843 cut-up1843 shenanigan1855 codology1860 greening1863 cod1866 leg-pulling1879 spoof1889 codding1892 spoofery1895 four-flushing1901 kidding1901 shenaniganning1924 kidology1964 1892 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Sunday-Weekly Leader 22 May ‘Was there any codding going on that night in the conversation?’ ‘I think that Adam said to Peter that if he stayed at my place two weeks he too might go away and get married.’ 1895 W. M. Gallichan Like Stars that Fall iii. 41 You've got a future if you mean to go in for the line. Yes, there's no codding about it, Mrs. Coker, you only want a bit of training to knock the stuffing out of a lot of 'em. 1917 T. Burke Twinkletoes (1918) viii. 161 I'm so sorry. We all are... Honest, we are. Really. No codding. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage iii. 39 ‘Codding’ is the reprehensible habit of joking privately when on the stage. 1966 New Statesman 27 May 788/2 Instead of consequentiality, just as with Modesty Blaise recently, codding is the rule—in conjunction with some pleasant decors and rapid, almost evasive editing. 2017 Bolton News (Nexis) 13 Mar. (Sport section) I hope that my words don't come back to haunt me but it is a long time since I've felt so good coming out of a match. No codding! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † coddingadj. Obsolete. rare. Apparently: lecherous, lustful.Only in Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous lecherous1303 lickerous1377 cocky1549 cockish?1555 lickering1578 codding1594 salt1598 lickerish1599 rewish1617 tentiginous1631 liquorsome1656 salacious1661 lechering1693 horny1889 horn-mad1893 tomcat1899 whorehopping1954 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 99 That codding spirit had they from their mother. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020). < |
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